Health Administration Salaries in Texas

As of 2014, entry-level health administration salaries in Texas ranged between $52,229 and $68,619, while the average salary was found to be $97,947 according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Salaries for the most experienced healthcare administrators ranged between $114,941 and $149,531 that year.

Job Outlook and Areas of Employment Growth for Healthcare Administrators in Texas

The healthcare administration profession is experiencing tremendous growth in Texas, according to long-term occupational growth projections published by the Texas Workforce Commission. In fact, between 2012 and 2022, it is expected that nearly 6,000 health administration jobs will be added statewide. This equates to a 30.2% growth rate over that 10-year period. It’s also worth mentioning that an additional 4,650 health administration jobs will become available due to replacement factors, mainly retirement.

One research report, Growth Abounds, published by the Texas Workforce Commission indicated that the healthcare setting experiencing the greatest need for healthcare administrators in Texas is ambulatory care. In the three-year period between 2012 and 2015, Tarrant County alone saw ambulatory care services increase by 16.4%, while North Central Texas saw an increase of 13.7%, and Dallas County saw an increase of 13.1%. During this same period, the Dallas County’s nursing/residential care facilities saw the number of people receiving care increase by 17.7%. Growth in specific segments of the healthcare system are strong indicators of a growing need for healthcare administration professionals to manage everything from staffing issues to operating costs.

Healthcare Administration Salaries in Texas According to Location

Geographic location is one factor that tends to affect salary expectations. This can be seen from the range of salaries shown here by city (Texas Workforce Commission, 2014):

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

Entry-Level: $63,378

Average: $108,909

Experienced: $131,664

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

Entry-Level: $60,819

Average: $104,582

Experienced: $126,464

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Entry-Level: $58,323

Average: $88,858

Experienced: $104,125

El Paso

Entry-Level: $54,080

Average: $89,253

Experienced: $106,850

Corpus Christi

Entry-Level: $53,997

Average: $91,229

Experienced: $109,845

Laredo

Entry-Level: $61,422

Average: $91,208

Experienced: $106,122

Lubbock

Entry-Level: $54,184

Average: $88,088

Experienced: $105,040

Amarillo

Entry-Level: $56,680

Average: $84,906

Experienced: $99,029

An analysis of health administration salaries throughout Texas as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2014 is shown below for comparative purposes:

Area name

Employment

Hourly mean wage

Annual mean wage

Hourly median wage

Hourly 75th percentile wage

Hourly 90th percentile wage

Annual median wage

Annual 75th percentile wage

Annual 90th percentile wage

Abilene TX

140

42.45

88300

39.13

51.70

66.43

81380

107530

138170

Amarillo TX

200

40.82

84910

36.56

50.02

62.92

76040

104040

130870

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos TX

1480

42.72

88870

40.77

47.88

60.78

84800

99600

126420

Beaumont-Port Arthur TX

320

36.31

75530

32.11

42.06

55.69

66780

87480

115830

Brownsville-Harlingen TX

220

39.82

82820

36.25

51.35

59.56

75400

106810

123880

College Station-Bryan TX

140

61.64

128210

41.94

63.76

90*

87230

132610

187,199*

Corpus Christi TX

240

43.86

91220

41.90

50.92

71.80

87150

105920

149330

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX

5150

50.28

104590

43.43

56.92

86.05

90330

118400

178980

Dallas-Plano-Irving TX Metropolitan Division

3430

50.21

104440

44.64

57.61

81.21

92860

119820

168920

El Paso TX

450

42.91

89260

41.85

52.02

61.93

87040

108210

128820

Fort Worth-Arlington TX Metropolitan Division

1720

50.43

104880

40.07

55.35

90.00*

83350

115130

187199*

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX

4710

52.36

108900

48.77

62.42

80.69

101440

129830

167830

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood TX

340

46.04

95750

46.08

54.13

60.41

95850

112590

125640

Laredo TX

210

43.85

91220

41.65

49.09

59.26

86640

102110

123250

Longview TX

250

40.70

84650

38.30

46.94

63.23

79660

97640

131510

Lubbock TX

250

42.35

88090

36.17

49.84

64.80

75240

103660

134780

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX

440

37.98

79000

39.86

47.41

56.39

82900

98620

117290

Midland TX

60

45.48

94600

43.15

51.66

63.26

89760

107450

131590

Odessa TX

100

42.26

87910

41.20

47.33

57.68

85690

98450

119970

San Angelo TX

80

41.69

86710

37.07

45.96

66.68

77110

95590

138700

San Antonio-New Braunfels TX

2020

46.86

97460

45.15

54.91

67.14

93920

114210

139650

Sherman-Denison TX

100

39.92

83040

39.70

46.48

55.15

82590

96680

114720

Texarkana-Texarkana TX-AR

100

42.57

88550

37.71

49.83

63.07

78440

103640

131180

Tyler TX

380

42.03

87410

39.91

49.58

61.68

83010

103120

128300

Victoria TX

140

40.29

83790

37.8

50.38

61.44

78610

104780

127800

Waco TX

150

43.34

90140

40.09

48.31

60.10

83390

100480

125010

Wichita Falls TX

90

38.85

80800

36.24

46.79

55.94

75380

97310

116360

Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area

420

37.28

77540

35.26

43.14

51.64

73340

89730

107410

North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area

130

37.95

78940

37.42

45.01

54.60

77840

93610

113560

Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area

440

39.52

82210

39.76

46.43

54.37

82710

96580

113080

Central Texas nonmetropolitan area

340

40.63

84510

37.47

46.23

60.30

77930

96160

125410

Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area

110

38.13

79300

38.74

45.87

55.43

80580

95410

115290

Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area

220

41.22

85740

37.10

44.30

63.66

77180

92140

132420

*Salaries are at or above $90 per hour and $187,199 per year. The US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics does not report salaries beyond these values.